Glen Hansard

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Glen Hansard (born April 21, 1970 in Dublin ) is an Irish singer , guitarist and actor .

Life and work

Glen Hansard began his musical career as a street musician in Dublin.

He is the singer and guitarist of the Irish rock band The Frames and was the leading actor in Once . Its director John Carney was bassist for The Frames until 1993. Hansard also played the character Outspan Foster in the musical film The Commitments .

Together with Markéta Irglová he recorded an album of the same name in 2006 under the name The Swell Season . Together they also wrote the film music for Once in 2006 . For the title Falling Slowly from the soundtrack they received the Oscar in the category Best Song in 2008 . In Germany, the song only became more popular in 2011 through an interpretation during the casting show The Voice of Germany . The second joint album by Hansard and Irglová was released in late October 2009; it's called Strict Joy .

In the fall of 2011, Hansard toured Europe as a solo artist and then began working on his first solo album in New York. On June 15, 2012 he released the album Rhythm and Repose . He also wrote a piece called Take The Heartland for the soundtrack of The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games .

In 2013 he worked again with the director John Carney. This time only as a songwriter. For the film Can a Song Save Your Life? he wrote the song Coming Up Roses with Danielle Brisebois , which is sung by Keira Knightley in the film .

Discography

For publications with The Frames see here .
For releases with The Swell Season see here .

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH US US IE IE
2012 Rhythm and Repose DE71 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT21 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH40 (1 week)
CH 		US21 (4 weeks)
US 		IE3 (27 weeks)
IE
2015 Didn't he Ramble DE47 (1 week)
DE 		AT24 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH31 (2 weeks)
CH 		US92 (1 week)
US 		IE3 (11 weeks)
IE
2018 Between Two Shores DE16 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT10 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH19 (2 weeks)
CH 		- IE20 (4 weeks)
IE
2019 This Wild Willing DE27 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT47 (1 week)
AT 		CH27 (1 week)
CH 		- IE23 (1 week)
IE

More albums

  • 2013: Mark Geary & Glen Hansard Christmas Biscuits

EPs

  • 2013: Drive All Night

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IE IE
2010 The Auld Triangle
 IE10 (4 weeks)
IE
Raglan Road
 IE26 (1 week)
IE
with Damien Dempsey
2013 Drive All Night
Drive All Night 		IE41 (4 weeks)
IE
feat. Eddie Vedder & Jake Clemons
Christmas biscuits
 IE38 (2 weeks)
IE
with Mark Geary

Filmography

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH US IE

Web links

Commons : Glen Hansard  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Hansard, Glen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish singer, guitarist and actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin